Living
The Raptures Of Folly
From Poems and Songs, 1793
Living
Thou greybeard, old Wisdom! may boast of thy treasures;
Give me with young Folly to live;
I grant thee thy calm-blooded, time-settled pleasures,
But Folly has raptures to give.
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Burns, Robert. “The Raptures Of Folly.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/404/.
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Burns, Robert. “The Raptures Of Folly.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/404/.
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